23 Aug 2008 at 19:14 - 55
No matter how smart you think you are, there is always someone smarter.
This thread covers the bare basics in regards to "not getting hacked"
There are exploits / vuln's out there that someone with basic computer knowledge won't even begin to comprehend.
There is no fool proof way not to get hacked.
You are never "unhackable"...
Having A Seperate Email for your game might help. (Noted that this email is not used ANYWHERE other than in your guildwars account) Not used to register for anything ect..
Having a Seperate Password for everything might help, and it most cases is your best bet.
-Password, usless, even more dangerous. Yeah, I'll admit it was nice when you there was no Character Selection Logout path, and it would auto login ect... But Anyone with access to the computer, remote or local, could easily see the password saved in the target.
LoL@ all this talk about keyloggers...
For all of those that love that Virtual Keybored,
Start>All Programs>Accessories>Accessibility>On-Screen Keyboard
Bottom line is, if your system is compromised by a keylogger, or any malicious program, there isn't much you can do..
Easiest thing to do would be to get your login information for your email and do a password recovery on your GW acct.
If you've got a properly configured firewall, as previously posted, and you know what to look for "hack.exe is trying to establish a connection with soandso" and not hitting accept, the keylogger ect.. usless.
Almost all hacks are User Error, and those that could find any email and change the confirmation for changing gw emails ect... wouldn't be farming on their new account. They wouldn't have to...
Think about it a little